(The Grove) — If you didn’t get what you wanted for Christmas, you still have a chance to own a complete Texas museum town. The Grove historic district is listed on eBay. More: continued here

CNN-IBN Brits send Christmas cards via IndiaDaily News & Analysis, India –15 hours agoBritons in India have found that the Indian postal service is cheaper and more reliable than the Royal Mail. While travelling to India many Britons brought …Britons sending Christmas cards via IndiaGulfNewsall 11 news articles More: continued here

'The $100 laptop' now a $600 eBay itemUSA Today –22 minutes agoSo why did people pay as much as $600 for them on eBay, when that kind of money is enough to buy a much more powerful machine? "That's not a lot of money to …Novelty value of new XO laptop …

Mail box’s better postic Wales, United Kingdom –2 hours agoPensioners raised concerns about the village post-box, which was re-sited following the closure of Bryn Post Office, during the Older Person’s Council’s … More: continued here

The XO laptop is supposed to be a low-cost computer targeted at children in the developing world. It is low on computing power by modern standards, low on memory, has no hard drive and runs on Linux, the open-source operating… More: continued here

Online auction giant eBay has launched a microlending website that lets people invest in entrepreneurs in poor communities around the world – and get returns. More: continued here

Rolly: Thank you for all the good deedsSalt Lake Tribune, United States –4 hours agoRebecca Manzanares discovered she had lost four books of stamps purchased earlier at the Cottonwood Heights Post Office. She returned to the post office and … More: continued here

LONDON: Hundreds of thousands of gifts ordered over the Internet have failed to arrive in time for Christmas. Delivery companies and Royal Mail have struggled to cope with the biggest online Christmas ever with up to 2mn packages arriving late, according to consumer groups. More: continued here

Post office consultation under fireEast Anglian Daily Times, UK –5 hours agoCllr Eddy Alcock, who chaired the panel which produced the document, said: “There has been much speculation that the consultation carried out by Post Office…Are we to blame for the closures?York PressCounty fears post offices will closeCrewe Guardianall 4 news articles …

Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of …